How to stop automatic copying of content in Dawn Theme?

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Shopify Dawn theme pages are showing identical content because the same template (with its sections and content) is reused across multiple pages. To have unique page content, create and use separate (cloned) templates per page.

What to do:

  • Create a new template: Online Store > Themes > Customize > Pages > Default Page > Create template, then edit and save.
  • Assign the template to a page: Online Store > Pages > open a page > Online store section > choose the desired theme template > Save.
  • Note: screenshots are provided illustrating the UI steps.

Complication raised:

  • Templates created in an unpublished theme are not appearing as options when assigning templates. The editor seems to open the published theme (“coming soon”) with older templates instead of the unpublished theme containing the new templates. This suggests template availability may be tied to the specific theme being edited/published.

Current status:

  • No confirmed resolution shared for the unpublished-vs-published theme mismatch. Another participant reports the same issue and asks if a fix was found. Discussion remains open with unanswered questions about assigning templates from an unpublished theme.
Summarized with AI on December 22. AI used: gpt-5.
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I’m using Dawn Theme. Have created a couple of page templates but it seems that the entire content of one page is being copied to new pages I’ve created. Appreciate any assistance

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@iramanalac Each template will share the same sections and contents if it is used multiple times. You will need to clone the templates if you want to have unique contents.

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Hi @iramanalac ,

You can totally create different templates for different pages and then assign your pages to a specific template with the page editor

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Themes > Customize

  2. Select Pages > Default Page from the page selector then click on Create template

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  1. Edit the template then save it.

Next, you’ll need to assign products to each template:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Pages

  2. Use the search filter to locate the page that you want to change, or click on the page from the list of existing pages.

  3. In the Online store section, use the dropdown menu to select a new theme template to apply to the selected page.

  4. Click Save.

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I hope it helps.

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Hello, I am having this issue however the second step of assigning pages to each template doesn’t give me the templates I created as options. I am editing an unpublished website and I suspect this is affecting the results as the published website (with different template options) is a ‘coming soon’ page and that is part of the options given for the Theme Template section. If i select ‘customize template’ it is taking me to the Published Site with old templates, and not the Unpublished Site that will be my launch site which has the extra templates. Hope that makes sense.

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i am still having shis problem did you fix it